Laccoptera (Sindiolina) sedecimmaculata (Spaeth, 1901)

Gupta, Devanshu, Ghosh, Priyanka, Wani, Irtiza, Bhunia, Debika, Sonali, Shipra & Kumar, Vivek, 2025, A comprehensive checklist and geographic distribution of Tortoise beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) in India, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (3), pp. 543-600 : 564

Laccoptera (Sindiolina) sedecimmaculata (Spaeth, 1901) ( Figs 5E , 10E )

Cassida sedecimmaculata Spaeth, 1901a:119 .

Material examined. 1 spec., India , Arunachal Pradesh, Kameng, N. E. F. A., 25.vi.1961, leg. K.C. Jairamkrishnan, det. K. Rai (2470/H4A) . 1 spec., India , Arunachal Pradesh, Kameng, N.E.F.A., 25.vi.1961 , 1 ex., leg. K.C. Jairamkrishnan, det. T. G. Vazirani & B.N. Das (3653/H4A) .

Distribution in India . Arunachal Pradesh (Kameng– Vazirani, 1972); Sikkim (Mungphu) ( Maulik, 1919; Borowiec, 2001, 2009; Świętojańska, 2001).

General distribution. Oriental ( Laos, Myanmar) and Palaearctic ( China, India , Nepal Vietnam) (Świętojańska, 2001; Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2024; Sekerka & Świętojańska, 2024).

Figures

Figure 5. Habitus of tortoise beetles. A. Laccoptera (Orphnodella) foveolata (Boheman, 1856); B. Laccoptera (Sindia) sulcata (Olivier, 1808); C–D. Laccoptera (Sindiola) vigintisexnotata Boheman, 1855; E. Laccoptera (Sindiola) sedecimmaculata (Spaeth, 1901); F. Cassida australica (Boheman, 1855).

Figure 10. Habitus of type/co–type and attached label data. A. Cassida circumdata var. dentata Herbst, 1799 (current valid name: Cassida circumdata Herbst, 1799); B. Cassida selecta (Weise, 1905) (current valid name: Chiridopsis selecta (Weise, 1905); C. Cassida stupa Maulik 1919; D. Epistictina reicheana (Guérin, 1844); E. Sindia sedecimmaculata Spaeth, 1901 (current valid name: Laccoptera sedecimmaculata Spaeth, 1901).